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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Child Neurology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Child Neurology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Русский журнал детской неврологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2073-8803</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2412-9178</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Publishing House ABV Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">232</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17650/2073-8803-2017-12-4-21-31</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL REPORTS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Оценка осведомленности об эпилепсии среди студентов Волгоградского государственного медицинского университета и определение уровня стигматизации эпилепсии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Belyaev</surname><given-names>O. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Беляев</surname><given-names>О. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>1 Pavshykh Boytsov Square, Volgograd 400131; 14 Dontskaya St., Volgograd 400131.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>400131 Волгоград, площадь Павших Борцов, 1; 400131 Волгоград, ул. Донецкая, 14.</p></bio><email>epileptic-center@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zharkina</surname><given-names>E. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Жаркина</surname><given-names>Е. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>1 Pavshykh Boytsov Square, Volgograd 400131; 14 Dontskaya St., Volgograd 400131.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>400131 Волгоград, площадь Павших Борцов, 1; 400131 Волгоград, ул. Донецкая, 14.</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Konovalova</surname><given-names>T. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Коновалова</surname><given-names>Т. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>1 Pavshykh Boytsov Square, Volgograd 400131; 14 Dontskaya St., Volgograd 400131.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>400131 Волгоград, площадь Павших Борцов, 1; 400131 Волгоград, ул. Донецкая, 14.</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Volgograd State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ВО «Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Medical Center of Neurology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy “EpiCenter”.</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Медицинский центр неврологии, диагностики и лечения эпилепсии «ЭпиЦентр».</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2017-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>21</fpage><lpage>31</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-01-18"><day>18</day><month>01</month><year>2018</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2018-01-18"><day>18</day><month>01</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2017, ABV-Press</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2017, АБВ-пресс</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">ABV-Press</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">АБВ-пресс</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/about/editorialPolicies</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/232">https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/232</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background.</bold> Epilepsy remains one of the most stigmatized diseases; patients still experience multiple problems with education, employment, social functioning and family creation. Reducing the stigma will help to increase socialization of epileptic patients, hence, improving their quality of life.</p><p><bold>Objective</bold>: to assess the degree of awareness about epilepsy amongst junior and senior students of the Volgograd State Medical University (VolSMU) and to estimate the level of stigmatization of epilepsy. </p><p><bold>Materials and methods.</bold> For the purpose of the study, we developed a questionnaire containing 12 questions. A total of 508 students of medical and pediatric faculties of the VolSMU participated in the anonymous survey. Statistical data analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel. </p><p><bold>Conclusions.</bold> Despite the increasing awareness about epilepsy and first aid for this category of patients, senior students of the VolSMU still have erroneous social stereotypes about patients with epilepsy. </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p/></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>epilepsy</kwd><kwd>stigmatization</kwd><kwd>quality of life</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>эпилепсия</kwd><kwd>стигматизация</kwd><kwd>качество жизни</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">1. Агранович О.В. Научное обоснование совершенствования организации медицинской помощи детям с эпилепсией. Дис. … д-ра мед. наук. М., 2011. 196 с. [Agranovich O.V. Scientific substantiation of improving medical care for children with epilepsy. 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